Shoemaker&#39;s last.



- IINITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL MATHIs, OF SHARPSBURG. PENNSYLVANIA.

)SJHOEMAKERS LAST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed November 16, 1905. Serial No. 287.603-

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL MATHIs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Sharpsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoemakers Lasts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shoemakers lasts; and the invention has for its primary object to provide a last which can be either used for right or left shoes. vised a novel form of revoluble standard upon which a two-part last is detachably mounted, and in connection with said standard I employ a strap for retaining shoes upon the last.

The detail construction of my improved last will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and referring to the drawings accompanying this application like numerals of reference designate correspondin parts throughout the several views, in whic Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved last. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line a: m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the upper portion of the twopart last. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my improved two-part last. Fig. 5 is a sectional View of the base of the standard on which the last is supported. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the upper end of a standard, illustrating a modified form of construction.

To put my invention into practice, I construct the device of an annular base 1, having a peripheral pierced flange 2, by which the device is secured to a suitable foundation. The base 1 is provided with a central vertically-disposed opening 3, having its sides slot ted, as at 4 4, said slots being diametrically opposite one another. The lower end of the opening forms an annular recess 5 in the bottom side of the base 1.

Fitting in the base is a standard 6, the lower end of the standard having a T- shaped head 7. The head is adapted to pass downwardly in the slots 4 4 and engage in the recess of the base 1. When the standard To this end I have deis slightly turned, it will be impossible for the same to become detached while being used. The upper end of the standard is rectangular in form, and upon this end of the standard is adapted to fit a two-part last, the contracted portion 9 of said last being provided with a rectangular opening or recess 10. The twopart last is composed of a lower part 8, which is provided with upwardly-extending pins or lugs 11, adapted to fit into the recesses 12, formed in the bottom of the part 14, which forms the upper part or top of the last. Recesses 15 are also formed in the top of the last, whereby the top portion 14 of the last can be inverted and reversed and used for right and left shoes, a feature to which I attach particular importance. The standard 6 near its lower end is provided with a pierced lug 16, and pivotally connected to said lug is a strap 17, employed to hold a shoe in engagement with the last.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art of handling my improved last that considerable time is saved in the manipulation of shoes upon the last and that the construction, which is simple and strong, permits of the last being manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings I have illustrated a standard 6, which is provided with a hinged member 6 and this member is provided with a slotted recess 6, similar to the slot 3 and the recess 5 of the base 1. In this instance the head of thelast is provided with a depending pin similar to the lower end of the standard 6, the pin being adapted to engage in the member 6*. The upper end of the standard 6 is provided with an outwardly-extending arm 6*, upon which the member 6 rests when it is turned upon its hinge to hold the head of the last and the last proper at one side of the standard 6.

Such changes in the construction and operation of my improved last as are permissible by the appended claim may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a standard, of a two-part last mounted thereon, the two parts of the last being coextensive in lengthand In testimony whereof 'I afilx my signature Widfih, one part of the last being provfided in the presence of tWo Witnesses. Wit a plurality of pins, the other part 0 the last being provided with a plurality of re- 1 MICHAEL MATHIS' 5 cesses on both its upper and loWer surfaces, Witnesses:

said recesses being adapted to receive said E. E. POTTER, pins. 1 w H. O. EvERT. 

